State v. Jones

On January 2, 1932, two men entered the office of the treasurer of Stillwater county, bound and gagged the treasurer, Florence Raiff, and fled with approximately $6,000 of the county’s funds. Investigation indicated that Harry O’Donnell, of Billings, there known as, and hereinafter called, Smith, was one of the robbers. The next day Smith and one Jorgenson left the state; they were later apprehended at Sioux City, Iowa, and returned to Stillwater county, charged with the crime. Smith made a statement to the officials to the effect that the crime was planned by this defendant, Wesley Jones,…